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227761 Pte. Percy Frederick George King British Army A Battalion Queens Own Royal West Kent from:Bromley, Kent, England My father Fred King was captured in the retreat of Dunkirk being part of the rearguard action defending Dunkirk he was marched up to Marienberg from Dunkirk and put into P.O.W. Camp Stalag XXb. He was there from 1941 to 1945. His no in the camp was 7543. He, along with others, was liberated in 1945. When he came home I was only 5 yrs old and didn't know who he was at the time he was just a skin full of bones he was so skinny where he and all the other prisoners as well were starved by the Germans. But, he made a friend out there called Konrad Kowalski and they wrote to each other after the war. In the 50s he was posted to Malaya to fight yet another war in the Kuala Lipis jungles he survived that one as well but, sadly died in 1968 suffering a Coronary thrombosis If anyone knew of him or heard of him from any relatives who served in that camp, I would love to hear from you. He was in the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Raymond William King Add to this record.  Related Content: Royal West Kent Regiment (Queens own) Operation Dynamo - The Evacuation from Dunkirk and nearby Beaches Battle of France and The Low Countries 1940 Stalag 20b Prisoner of War Camp Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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